alxwhere
How well do you know Alexandria? Every day at midnight you get three local spots. Tap the map where you think each one is. The closer your pin lands, the more you score, up to 1,000 points a spot.
Play today's puzzle at alxwhere.com
How it works
Three spots a day
Everyone gets the same three points of interest: landmarks, parks, schools, congregations, and independently owned local businesses. A new set lands at midnight, Alexandria time.
Drop a pin, lock it in
You get a name and a category, never a place label on the map. The AA button hides street and neighborhood names too, for a harder game.
Closer is better
Anything within 50 m scores the full 1,000. After that, points fall off with distance. Parks and campuses count as a bullseye anywhere inside their real outline.
Charity Hump Day
On Wednesdays the last spot is a local charity. Find it, then follow the link to see what they do.
Scoring
Full marks inside 50 m, then a smooth fall-off. Roughly:
| Miss by | Points |
|---|---|
| Under 50 m | 1,000 |
| 250 m (0.2 mi) | 857 |
| 500 m (0.3 mi) | 707 |
| 1 km (0.6 mi) | 482 |
| 2 km (1.2 mi) | 223 |
| 4 km (2.5 mi) | 48 |
By the numbers
Also in the box
- Lifetime stats and a daily streak, kept in your browser.
- Time machine: the last seven days stay playable.
- An HD skin, if the 8-bit look is not your thing.
- Share your day's score card with friends and compare.
- Score a perfect 3,000 and something special happens.
Private by design
No account, no sign-in, no ads. Your guesses, stats and streak live in your browser, and nothing about you is stored on the server. The answer's coordinates leave the server only after you lock in a guess, so the map can never give it away.
Map data
Basemap by OpenFreeMap, data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Park and school outlines from the City of Alexandria's open GIS data.
Support
Found a pin in the wrong place, or a spot that has closed? Email [email protected].